Canada · British Columbia
Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
222 species and 321,398 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake2 km193 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats2 km222 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace5 km161 species
- Oak Bay – Cattle Point6 km220 species
- Clover Point7 km212 species
- 230 Goward Rd7 km142 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary?
222 species, from 321,398 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Spotted Towhee, Mallard, American Robin, Red Fox Sparrow and Golden-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.